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ANTISPREADINQ DEVICE FOR RAILS. APPLICATION man MAY29.1916.

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AUGUST LOTI-I, 0F BROOKFIIEILD,v WISCONSIN.

ANTISPREADING DEVICE FOR RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed May 29, 1916. Serial No. 100,494.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, AUGUST LoTH, a citi- Zen of the United States, and resident of Brookfield, in the county of Vaulesha and State of IVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antispreading Devices for Rails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in anti-spreading securing means for rails.

It is the obj ect of the present invention to provide an anti-spreading device for rails including various portions adapted to engage a pair of rails, and so connected that they may be operatively associated with the rails, without necessarily disassembling the portions, to thus adapt the present structure for use as an emergency device whereby it may be very quickly and readily associated with the rails, the present device being adapted for use particularly in such instances as when the ties are decayed or the spikes become loosened.

It is further an object to provide such a device which is adapted to clampingly grip a pair of rails with which it is associated whereby the device may serve also to prevent creepage of the rails, upon abutment of the device with the side of a respective tie.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an anti-spreading device contructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the central portion thereof, with the end portions in elevation, as indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates each of a pair of rails mounted in the usual manner upon the ties 6.

The improved rail holding device comprises a pair of bottom bars 7 adapted to eX- tend transversely between the rails, with their inner ends slightly spaced apart and with their outer ends disposed under the rails and havingtheir extremities bent upwardly and inwardly at 9 to embrace the outer base flange portions of the rails. rFliese bottom bars are connected, and the rails are clamped to the device by a pair of upper bars 10 and 11 disposed over the bars 7 and 8 respectively, and having their outer ends upwardly offset at 12 to engage on the base flange of the rail, whereby bolts 13 passed through these bars immediately inwardly of their offset portions, and passed through the bars 7 and 8 may serve to firmly clamp therails to the bar structure. The inner end of the top bar 10 terminates adjacent the inner end of its respective bottom bar 7, and is upwardly offset for the reception of the inner end of the top bar 11, which is projected past its bottom bar 8. A pivot member which in the present instance comprises a bolt 111, is passed through these three bar ends. The inner end of the bottom bar S is provided with a longitudinally eX- tending arcuate slot l5 in which is engaged a pivot bolt 16 carried by the top bar 11, the relation of this bolt being such that when the tie is operatively associated with a pair of rails, the bolt lies in that end of the slot 15 farthest from the center of the structure.

In attaching or detaching the present device, the outer clamping bolts 13 are removed. The bottom bar 8 is then moved laterally and outwardly through the medium of its slot connection with the respective top bar, to thus disengage its holding extremity 9 from the respective rail. The bars 7 and 10 are then disengaged from their respective rail whereby the device may be readily detached, it being noted that the top bar 10 may swing laterally by reason of its pivotal connection, to clear the top of the rail base flange.

It is noted that the clamping bolts 13 hold the bars all in alinement when the device is attached and in view of the arcuate formation of the slot l5 the pivot bolt 16 abuts the side of the slot when the bars are in alinement to prevent possible displacement.

Although in the drawings the tie is shown disposed intermediately of a pair of ties, it will be appreciated that due to the clamping action procured on the rail, the present device may serve to prevent creepage of the rails and for that purpose may be positioned to abut a respective tie.

I claim:

1. A rail securing device comprising a pair of pivotally connected bars, the free end of one bar being bent to embrace a rail base flange, the free end of the other bar being adapted to engage the rail base flange, a bar connected with the first bars and adapted to engage the base flange of another rail, a fourth bar slidably connected with the third bar and having its end bent to embrace the base flange of said other rail, and means for holding said fourth bar against relative movement.

2. A rail securing device comprising a pair of bars, the free end of one bar being bent to embrace a rail base flange, the free end of the other bar being adapted to engage the said rail base flange, a third bar connected with the first bars and adapted to engage the base iiange of another rail, a

fourth bar slidably connected with therthird bar and having its end bent to embrace the' pair of bars adapted to engage and hold one rail, a third bar connected with said pair of bars, the adjacent ends of the three bars being pivotally connected, a fourth bar slidably connected with the third bar and means associated with said third and fourth bars whereby they are adapted to engage and hold a respective other rail.

4. A rail holding device comprising a pair of bars adapted to engage and hold one rail, a third bar, the adjacent ends of the three bars being pivotally connected, a fourth bar provided with a longitudinal arcuate slot, a pivot member on the third bar engaged in said slot and means associated with the third and fourth bars whereby they are adapted to engage and hold a respective other rail.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST LOTH.

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